Chapter 52. People who refuse to pay their bills
"Sir Chen!"
Zhou Jinru raised his voice and strode over to grab Chen's arm to stop her from leaving.
In response to him, there was a pair of stubborn eyes, and Chen didn't say a word, as if waiting for an explanation.
"Don't get me wrong, I said that I was just a joke, and how could there be personal feelings between me and her when Tallulah stabbed me with a sword in St. Jarral and almost killed me? I don't know her, even the enemy, I can't talk about the emotional basis at all, that's my explanation. ”
"Really?"
"I didn't lie to you."
Chen opened his mouth, and was about to say something, when he heard a gust of wind in his ears, and the woman in black armor rushed over and stretched out her hand to grab Zhou Jinru.
"What are you doing?!"
The surrounding cadres were immediately alert, especially Chen, who was the closest, she was even more horizontal in front of Zhou Jinru, her right hand made a sword finger movement, her whole body was tense, ready to go.
Amiya was also taken aback, and hurriedly ran out of the rest room, looking at each other inexplicably.
The warriors who were sitting around got up, but they didn't move, they just stood there and watched.
"Are you Zhou Jinru?!"
A woman's puzzled voice came from inside the black armor, but Zhou Jinru heard more excitement, like ...... I saw an acquaintance in a strange place.
What surprised him even more was that the language used by this woman was Chinese!
For the first time in a long time, he had heard his name pronounced in Mandarin!
Out of instinct, Zhou Jinru pressed on Chen's shoulder, saying that it didn't matter to him, if there could be an accident surrounded by so many operators, then he would not have to leave the Rhode Island ship in the future.
"Are you really Zhou Jinru?!"
The woman took two steps forward, and the mask of the helmet automatically parted to the sides, revealing the face of an oriental woman, not to mention how beautiful it was, but also because of her neat facial features, beautiful eyebrows and eyes, not only good-looking, but also attractive.
Zhou Jinru didn't know this person, and he couldn't find the slightest sense of familiarity in his memory.
He hesitated: "It's me, you know me?" So who are you? Do I know you? ”
"You don't know me?!"
The woman looked at him in surprise.
Zhou Jinru really had no influence, or in his limited memory, he couldn't find this person.
Chen grabbed the doctor's arm: "Doctor, be careful, this person is very powerful. ”
"Don't be afraid, I've got it."
comforted Chen, Zhou Jinru was still standing behind her, and it seemed that this was the only way to give her a sense of security.
The woman opposite had a complicated look in her eyes and lowered her voice: "What year do you remember it to, June 2019, or March 2020?" ”
Zhou Jinru asked rhetorically, "Is there any difference?" ”
"Yes, in August 2019, you already knew me, March 2020 is a more important day, let's not talk about this, since you are here, what about Wang Chongyang, where is he, and where is here?!"
"Wait, ma'am, please slow down." Zhou Jinru stretched out his hands and gently swiped to the sides, and the nearby operators all retreated, leaving only him and Amiya, and even Chen reluctantly stepped aside.
He continued: "If the person you know is really me, then I can also be honest with you that my memory is only until June 2019, and I don't know anything after that, including who you are and who you ask." ”
The woman's eyes were blank: "I don't know Wang Chongyang, do you know Zhang Taiyue?" ”
"I've heard of it."
The woman's eyes lit up: "Then where is he?" ”
"Unfortunately, Zhang Taiyue became a lifelong laborer and was wiped out by the people of this land."
Zhou Jinru knew the name Wang Chongyang, and even knew that he was the god of the world who was preached in the land of Taila, but all kinds of signs showed that the god had been forgotten, and he could no longer even pronounce his name correctly.
However, the woman in front of her not only read it, but also read it out in Chinese, which made Zhou Jinru have to doubt the true identity of the other party.
"How can this be ......"
The woman in the black armor fell silent, and after half a minute, she raised her head, and there was only a resolute look in her eyes.
"Since you don't know who I am, then let's get acquainted again, I am the former agent of the defender organization, and I don't have a defender number, because I am not a defender, my name is Chen Xi, Erdong Chen, and the soul has returned, and those behind me are my brothers and sisters, a total of forty-three people."
Zhou Jinru stared at the woman who claimed to be Chen Xi, the other party's expression did not fluctuate in the slightest, her mood was stable, and what she said was stating the facts.
He replied, "You know my name, so I won't introduce me anymore, I'm now a Ph.D. in Rhode Island Pharmaceuticals, and I'm next to Amiya, the actual owner of the company." ”
Amiya couldn't understand what the two were saying, but she recognized the doctor's body movements, introducing her to the other party.
"Hello, I'm Amiya."
Chen Xi looked at Amiya, this is still a child, with a young face, a small and cute body, and a pair of long ears that stand up, how can a child become the actual owner of a pharmaceutical company?
She remembered that she could communicate in English, so she said, "It's a pleasure to meet you, Miss Amiya, my name is Chen Xi." ”
Due to the certain difference between English and Victorian languages, Amiya only understood part of it, and Zhou Jinru hurriedly translated: "Chen Xi said that she was very happy to meet you." ”
"Is that so? Miss Chen Xi, thank you and your team for fighting bravely and protecting the citizens of New Xista. ”
Despite the presence of Zhou Jinru as an interpreter, there were still certain problems with their communication, and after a few short words, they stopped talking.
"You don't have any language problems communicating with them?"
Zhou Jinru had already conjectured about this, but there was no reliable argument, so he had to give up in the end.
He asked rhetorically, "Do you know what's going on?" ”
Chen Xi didn't answer immediately, but asked a second question: "Do you have something strange in front of you, such as what target threat level, or life status monitoring?" ”
"No, I don't have what you said, it's just that there is no problem with language communication."
Chen Xi took off her helmet and spread out her long hair wrapped around the back of her head, she was still wearing a suit of armor and weapons by her side.
"It seems that there is a big difference between you and what I know, he told me that he has a thing that can probably see if others are hostile, and has a certain amplification for himself, and the ability to simulate the most suitable for the current scenario, among which is the language translation plugin, I think you at least have this plugin."
Whether there is a plug-in Zhou Jinru is not clear, he is more concerned about another thing: "Chen Xi... Miss, may I take the liberty of asking, who is he you talking about? ”
Chen Xi glanced at him and said lightly: "Wang Chongyang, defender number 001, my husband." ”
Airplanes!
Zhou Jinru's mind was in chaos, he had thought about the identity of this woman, but he didn't guess that she would be so close to the god of the world!
"What about the other defenders?"
"You really don't remember all of them?"
Zhou Jinru shook his head.
"I'm sorry, I can't tell you."
"It's not appropriate to say only half of it, right?"
Chen Xi looked at him deeply: "Sometimes it's better to not know." ”
"Well, if you don't know, you don't know, Ms. Chen, what are you and your brother going to do?"
"We're in the middle of a war of extermination, I don't know how we got here, where the hell is this?"
Zhou Jinru exhaled a turbid breath: "This is ...... The future, welcome to the future. ”
……
"Dad, we're here, and the black is over there."
There are actually many people who are concerned about the sudden addition of a person around Ceylon, but the head of the security bureau, Hei, did not say anything, and of course outsiders can't say anything.
When Herman got out of the car, he saw that the newly erected tents had filled almost the entire coast.
Fortunately, the people of Tista are accustomed to life by the sea, and since it is already summer, the impact is minimized.
"Looks like there's still a band playing?"
Ceylon looked at it twice, nodded and said: "There are some bands that spontaneously organize charity performances, and with them, they can also relieve the tension of the citizens, and music is the best helper to relieve their emotions." ”
If this was what Ceylon had achieved now, Herman felt that his daughter had grown up completely, but it was at this time that he heard Ceylon's complaints.
"Dad, if I have the opportunity, I still want to study the field of source stone disease, after all, this is my major, if I can spend more time studying source stone disease, maybe I can cure black earlier, and there are more patients."
Sure enough, the daughter is still the same daughter, nothing has changed.
……
The complexity of the situation is far beyond Zhou Jinru's imagination, the wife of Wang Chongyang, the defender of No. 001, has come from the distant past to the present, and the middle span can be described as a thousand years, and even the specific date is clearly marked, which makes the process of finding his past even more confusing.
He didn't know what happened after June 2019, but in the melodrama of Lentinium, he briefly entered the depths of his memory and saw a touch of chaos when the natural disaster broke out.
However, since people are already here, all they can do is to live, and as the days go by, no one can change anything.
After yesterday's quarrel, Chen's mood was not very high, and Zhou Jinru suspected that she might be worried about Tallulah's safety, because the dragon girl had been silent after she had led away those monsters alone.
Chen looked blankly at Xingxiong's mouth opening and closing, as if he was saying something, Feiyuan's thoughts pulled back to reality, and the voice in his ears became clear.
"Lao Chen, what's wrong with you?"
"I'm fine, sorry, I'm a little tired and want to go back and rest."
Chen left the open-air leisure venue and turned back to his room, his figure lonely and distressing.
She sat alone on the edge of the bed, and her fingers unconsciously took out a picture frame from under the pillow, which was a picture of two little girls leaning on each other.
Flip it over, and the back is a wedding photo taken by her and the man.
Chen's hands were holding his chin, and his mood was irritable, and he couldn't calm down.
She hurriedly stuffed her things back, intending to go out and have some fun, maybe a small bar nearby would be a good place to go.
Ten minutes later, Chen, who was sitting at a dark wooden table, ordered a refreshing beer, but the slightly bitter drink did not ease her mood.
Aimlessly, Chen passed the beer glass to her lips, the spilled drink slid down the corners of her mouth and into the collar, and as she put the glass down, her eyes locked on a man sitting in the corner drinking.
To be precise, she had seen this person.
The man in a black cloak, even on a hot summer day, with his bulletin board on the wall behind him, makes a free wish.
"Is there anyone here?"
Chen asked, holding a wine glass, pointing across from the man in the black cloak.
The man's voice was like a cat's paw across the glass: "No one, please take a seat." ”
Before he could finish speaking, Chen had already sat down.
"Does the wish work?"
"Faith is spiritual, and unbelief is not."
Chen muttered: "The words of charlatans. ”
The man said in a low voice, "I never lie. ”
"I ask you, if I want to know the life and death of a person, how do I make a wish?"
"You only need to make a wish, since you have already used the free wish, if you make a wish, there will be a fee."
Halfway through Chen's beer, he frowned and said, "How do you charge?" ”
"I'll take one of your things, but there's no set form for what."
"Sounds more like a liar, what happens if someone refuses to pay?"
The man in the black cloak sighed, "It is true that someone refuses to pay the bill, I think he has been in debt for a long time, and when he pays the bill, he should pay a little more interest." ”
"Good story."
Chen snapped his fingers: "Give this gentleman another drink, what do you want to drink?" ”
"Anything, even if it's just a glass of water."
"Give him a cocktail."
Soon, the drinks were delivered to the man.
The man chuckled, "Since Mademoiselle invited me to a drink, then in exchange, what do you want but a wish, because that is really precious." ”
"Tell me a story, the story that owes you a bill."
"Well, that's a story from a long, long time ago, in the distant past, there was a terrible battle, the outer gods who tried to invade the world were met with the fiercest resistance, and the warrior who defended one side fought fiercely to make a wish to an unknown existence in order to protect his territory."
Chen felt that this story was a bit strange, and it was still a very old routine, and asked, "And then?" ”
"His first wish was to resurrect those robes who had died in battle, and an unknown existence fulfilled his wish."
"His second wish is to expel the outer gods who are trying to invade the world, and the unknown existence also fulfills his wish."
"Instead of immediately making a third wish, he used his last strength to expel the unknown existence and refused to pay the price for making a wish, which is a shameful act of default."
Chen stared at the man in front of him: "At what cost?" ”
"Only the warrior knows."
This is the end of the story, Chen frowned, and began to hesitate to make a wish, with her experience, I am afraid that something terrible will happen if she makes a wish again.